All contests depend on a lot of people wanting to participate. The contest organizers all know if the rules are such that only a few are able and willing to participate there will be few contacts and no one will have fun.
We all know that technology will not stop or even slow down for the sake of contests. If you want to enter a contest where only straight keys are allowed, there is such a contest. ARRL has Straight Key Night every year and the SKCC sponsors such contests. They are fun and I enter them. CQ and the ARRL also sponsor some very big contests and they change the rules as they find necessary to keep up the entry level. Large entry levels are the organizers objective rather than huge scores by a few. The organizers can and will change the rules so that a particular piece of software does not ruin the fun for the masses. Even the big guns don't want to get rid of the little pistols and the casual entries who only want to make a few contacts. What big gun wants to enter a contest where he can only contact the other big guns that he has already worked a dozen times? I don't know how the problem will be solved, but contesting has survived SSB, packet clusters, memory keyers, computer logging and many other advancements that had a much greater impact than this nice piece of software. Cookie, K5EWJ, Little Pistol and designated contest also entered. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
